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You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 14 nominations. See more awards » Photos The dramatic relationship between a young medical intern and his surgeon mentor. Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Massey, Lee Kurty Mannix worked originally for Wickersham at Intertect and then struck out on his own, assisted by Peggy Fair (whose cop-husband had been killed) and police department contact Tobias. Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett. Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong Mike Nelson is a Scuba Diver in the days when it was still very new. He works alone and the plot was always mostly carried through his voice over narrations. These gave the show a flavor of... See full summary » Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Ken Drake, Courtney Brown Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco. Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell Sgt.

Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles. Stars: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Olan Soule The cases of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds The adventures of two young drifters across America. Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville. Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Linda Henning, Bea Benaderet Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago. Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer were the wisecracking, womanizing private detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. Stu and Jeff worked out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los ... See full summary » Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith Set against the beautiful tropical landscape of Honolulu, Hawaii, this series centered around the cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy ...

See full summary » Stars: Poncie Ponce, Connie Stevens, Douglas Mossman Edit Storyline Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland. 2 October 1961 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Dr. Zorba was originally named Dr. Rosenberg. But ABC insisted his name to be changed because they did not want the character to be Jewish. Creator James E. Moser cast Sam Jaffe to play Zorba with a Yiddish accent to emphasize that the character was meant to be Jewish. See more » Quotes A great show they should have on DVD 16 March 2004 | by filmsfan38 (Toronto) – See all my reviews I used to watch this show (along with Dr. Kildare) which was on around the same era, and loved them both. This was in the 1960's. I just had to see Ben Casey show every week with the handsome Vince Edwards. Sam Jaffe as Dr. Zorba was also very good.

I never watched Vince Edwards much after that, but to me he will always be Ben Casey. They should bring out some episodes of Ben Casey on DVD or VHS? They bring out lots of other DVD's not half as good as the Ben Casey show was on TV. There must be lots of us still around who were young in the 60's who would buy them. Great show. Loved it. Bring it out on DVD soon. 11 of 12 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Vince Edwards, 67, the Doctor In the Hit TV Series 'Ben Casey' - The New York Times The New York Times N.Y. / Region |Vince Edwards, 67, the Doctor In the Hit TV Series 'Ben Casey' Search Vince Edwards, who played a handsome, brooding neurosurgeon in the 1960's television series "Ben Casey," died on Monday at the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 67. The cause was pancreatic cancer, The Associated Press reported. From 1961 to 1966, Mr.

Edwards won top ratings as a dedicated but difficult surgeon whose idealism often pitted him against the medical establishment. Fortunately, his mentor, Dr. Zorba (Sam Jaffe), was always on hand to guide him through turbulent waters. The series ran on ABC and competed with another hospital drama, "Dr. Kildare" (on NBC), which starred Richard Chamberlain. Mr. Edwards was born in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. He and his twin brother, Anthony, were the youngest of the seven children of Vincent Zoino, an Italian-American bricklayer. He studied aviation mechanics at East New York High School, worked as a lifeguard at Coney Island and swam for the Flatbush Boys Club before winning a swimming scholarship to Ohio State University. After two years at Ohio State, he transferred to the University of Hawaii to train year-round for the Olympics but spent most of his time acting in student and community theater productions. During summers, he worked as a singing waiter in the Catskills. Advertisement Continue reading the main story After leaving college and studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, he worked as a chorus boy on Broadway.

In 1951 the Hollywood producer Hal Wallis, signed him to a film contract with Paramount Pictures. For the next decade, Mr. Edwards played gangster roles in such B pictures as "The Night Holds Terror," "The Killing" and "Murder by Contract." He also worked in television. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy Mr. Edwards's big break came with "Ben Casey," whose title character was described by the show's producer as "a tender hunk of rock." Mr. Edwards described Casey as "a no-nonsense, rough-hewn doctor with no bedside manner whatsoever." The show aimed for a gritty immediacy that foreshadowed later series like "E.R." After "Ben Casey" went off the air in 1966, Mr. Edwards acted in films and television but never again enjoyed the fame that "Ben Casey" brought him.

His films included "The Devil's Brigade," "Hammerhead" and "The Desperados." He returned to television as a psychiatrist in the unsuccessful 1970 series "Matt Lincoln." He also appeared in the television movies "Cover Girls," "The Courage and the Passion" and "Firehouse." In 1988, he played Ben Casey in the syndicated television movie "The Return of Ben Casey." In the 1960's, he recorded six record albums. In addition to his brother, he is survived by his wife, Janet, and three daughters, Angela, Nicole and Devera. Vince Edwards, TV's Dr. Ben Casey, Dies at 67 - latimes Vince Edwards, TV's Dr. Ben Casey, Dies at 67 March 13, 1996 |ERIC SLATER | TIMES STAFF WRITER Vince Edwards, whose portrayal of the brooding, brilliant TV doctor Ben Casey in the 1960s set the standard for many of today's contingent of handsomely troubled television physicians, has died. He was 67. Edwards lost a months-long struggle against pancreatic cancer Monday night at UCLA Medical Center, his family said.

He had been hospitalized for the last 11 days. "He was, in life, larger than life," his wife, Janet Edwards, said. "And he loved being Ben Casey up until the end." Although Edwards began his acting career on the New York stage in the late 1940s and toiled in near anonymity through numerous film and television productions in the 1950s, he became an overnight sensation when "Ben Casey" hit the airwaves on ABC in October 1961. The show shot quickly to the top of the network's roster, driven by Edwards' portrayal of a type of physician until then unseen on television: handsome but difficult, strong-headed and softhearted, constantly dueling disease and the medical establishment at once. "He was the George Clooney of those days," said his agent, T.J. Castronovo, referring to the heartthrob actor on NBC's current hit medical drama "ER." Edwards frequently graced the covers of teen "fan-zines," one of them promising "100 Intimate Facts" about the actor.

A Washington physician consulted during the last months of Edwards' life was one of many over the years who confessed to taking the Hippocratic oath thanks to Ben Casey, said film director William Friedkin, a longtime friend. Born Vincent Edward Zoino in 1928, Edwards was raised in one of the roughest neighborhoods of Brooklyn, N.Y. At 14, he pawned his twin brother Bob's clothes for spending money and advised his sibling never to borrow $10 from one person; borrow 50 cents from 20 people and "you'll never have to pay them back," Janet Edwards said. After deciding to become an actor--rather than a "con man or wise guy," as he liked to say, Edwards landed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1951. By 1955, with several B-type films under his belt, including "Mr. Universe," he was being quietly compared to Marlon Brando and the then recently deceased James Dean. But Edwards toiled away on Hollywood's second tier until a visit to the wrong audition room one day in 1961.

Instead of reading for the part of an airline pilot, he ended up reading for the part of a strapping young doctor. The show, which ran for five years, also starred the late actor Sam Jaffe as Dr. David Zorba, an unflappable neurosurgeon given the task of mentoring the more volatile Casey. It rated in the top 10 during the 1962-63 season, even as NBC produced a rival hit medical drama, "Dr. Kildare," starring Richard Chamberlain. After the show was canceled, Edwards made several notable films--including Stanley Kubrick's low-budget classic "The Killing"--and some forgettable ones. But to his fans, he was always Ben Casey. As the offers to act became more and more infrequent, Edwards turned once again to the grittier activities of his youth, family and friends said, becoming a regular at racetracks and card games. He struggled for years with a gambling problem as he continued to do occasional film and television work. "Vince was a gambler," Friedkin said. "He would be the first to tell you that he had sacrificed a good portion of his career to an addiction.

And he was trying to address that right up until the end." Friedkin, who directed Edwards in 1987's "Deal of the Century" and a movie for cable television, said his friend's place in television history would be secure, even if his career over the long term did not live up to early predictions. "It's no great sin for an actor to be remembered for one role," Friedkin said. "That role was strong. That role was indelible." In addition to his wife and brother, Edwards is survived by three grown daughters. Private services for the actor will be held Friday in Los Angeles. MORE: Ben Casey Ben Casey Series Description The Ben Casey TV show was a 60 minute medical drama series on ABC which took place at County General Hospital. The main character on the show was Doctor Ben Casey who aggressively fought for his patients rights! If a patient's relative wasn't visiting, he'd "chew them out". If the hospital administration wouldn't provide an expensive treatment for a patient with no insurance, he'd remind them of their oath! He was kind of a "Doctor Kildare with an attitude"!

Ben Casey Broadcast History: First Two Seasons: Monday Nights from 10:00 to 11:00 PM on ABC Third Season: Wednesday Nights from 9:00 to 10:00 on ABC Last Two Seasons: Monday Nights from 10:00 to 11:00 PM on ABC Ben Casey Cast Vince Edwards ................. Doctor Ben Casey Sam Jaffe ..................... Doctor David Zorba Bettye Ackerman ............... Doctor Maggie Graham Harry Landers ................. Doctor Ted Hoffman Nick Dennis ................... Nick Kanavaras Ben Casey Trivia Vince Edwards was discovered by Bing Crosby. Bing's production company produced the Ben Casey TV show. Another medical series began in the same season as Ben Casey on rival network NBC. " Dr. Kildare (1961)" starring Richard Chamberlain was constantly being compared to Ben Casey for that reason. Once, when Vince Edwards (Ben Casey) heard rumors that he and Chamberlain really disliked each other, it really upset him. He stated, "A little success breeds a feud, or the feud is bred by a lot of loud mouths looking to put the knock on the two guys involved. Competition is good for a long healthy life.

If you want to call Dick competition, that's alright with me, because knowing he's got a good TV show only makes me want to try harder to come up with one of my own that lives up to the Ben Casey seal of perfection." Vince Edwards eventually began directing the Ben Casey show's episodes. The crew nicknamed him, "The Image". When executive producer Matthew Rapf asked about having Edwards also directing, he said, "Well, I'll tell you one thing, it's a sure way to get the star to cooperate with the director". In reflecting on how he got the idea for Ben Casey, series creator James E. Moser said, "One day I was walking through Los Angeles General Hospital and I came upon a redheaded neurosurgeon. He was snapping into a telephone, 'Damn it. Stop having hysterics!' I knew that I had found a new type hero for a medical TV show." In comparing television to movies, Vince Edwards once said, "There's a place to sell filet mignon and a place to sell hot dogs. Television is hot dogs." As with most series, changes were made to Ben Casey in the final season to boost ratings and save the show.

Doctor Zorba left the show and was replaced by Doctor Daniel Freeland as the Chief of Surgery. Ben Casey developed a love interest with Jane Hancock, a woman who recovered from a 13-year-long coma. Also, rather that each episode standing on its own, scripts were written to flow continuously from one episode to another, enticing viewers to tune in next week to find out what happened.

Opening Narrative (Sam Jaffe's voice as Doctor David Zorba:) "Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity." Episodes List With Original Air Dates Season 1 But Linda Only Smiled (10/9/1961) The Insolent Heart (10/16/1961) I Remember A Lemon Tree (10/23/1961) An Expensive Glass Of Water (10/30/1961) The Sound Of Laughter (11/6/1961) A Few Brief Lines For Dave (11/13/1961) Pavane For A Gentle Lady (11/20/1961) My Good Friend Krikor (11/27/1961) The Sweet Kiss Of Madness (12/4/1961) A Certain Time, A Certain Darkness (12/11/1961) A Dark Night For Billy Harris (12/18/1961) And If I Die (1/1/1962) A Memory Of Candy Stripes (1/8/1962)

 Imagine A Long, Bright Corridor (1/15/1962) A Story To Be Told Softly (1/22/1962) The Big Trouble with Charlie (1/29/1962) Give My Hands An Epitaph (2/5/1962) Victory Wears A Cruel Smile (2/12/1962) Odyssey Of A Proud Suitcase (2/19/1962) Behold A Pale Horse (2/26/1962) For The Ladybug, One Dozen Roses (3/5/1962) To A Grand And Natural Finale (3/12/1962) Monument To An Aged Hunter (3/19/1962) All The Clocks Are Ticking (3/26/1962) Among Others A Girl Named Abilene (4/2/1962) A Pleasant Thing For The Eyes (4/16/1962) And Eve Wore A Veil Of Tears (4/23/1962) Preferably, The Less-Used Arm

 (4/30/1962) An Uncommonly Innocent Killing (5/7/1962) So Oft It Chances In Particular Men (5/21/1962) When You See An Evil Man (5/28/1962) Season 2 Mrs.

McBroom And The Cloud Watcher (10/1/1962) The Night That Nothing Happened (10/8/1962) In The Name Of Love, A Small Corruption (10/15/1962) Legacy From A Stranger (10/22/1962) Go Not Gently Into The Night (10/29/1962) Behold!

They Walk An Ancient Road (11/5/1962) Of All Save Pain Bereft (11/12/1962) And Even Death Shall Die (11/19/1962) The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits (11/26/1962) Between Summer And Winter, The Glorious Season (12/3/1962) I Hear America Singing (12/10/1962) Pack Up All My Cares And Woes (12/17/1962) Saturday, Surgery And Stanley Shultz (12/31/1962) I'll Be Alright In The Morning (1/7/1963) A Cardinal Act Of Mercy - Part 1 (1/14/1963) A Cardinal Act Of Mercy - Part 2 (1/21/1963) Use Neon For My Epitaph (1/28/1963) He Thought He Saw An Albatross (2/4/1963) A Short Biographical Sketch Of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.

(2/11/1963) A Hundred More Pipers (2/18/1963) Suffer The Little Children (2/25/1963) Rigadoon For Three Pianos (3/4/1963) The White Ones Are Dolphins (3/11/1963) Will Everyone Who Believes In Terry Dunne Please Applaud?

(3/18/1963) For I Will Plait Thy Hair With Gold (3/25/1963) Father Was An Intern (4/1/1963) Rage Against The Dying Light (4/15/1963) La Vie, La Vie Interieur (4/22/1963) My Enemy Is A Bright Green Sparrow (4/29/1963) Lullaby For Billy Digman (5/6/1963) Hang No Hats on Dreams (5/13/1963) Season 3 For This Relief, Much Thanks (9/9/1963) Justice To A Microbe (9/18/1963) With The Rich And Mighty, Always A Little Patience (9/25/1963) Allie (10/2/1963) If There Were Dreams To Sell (10/9/1963) The Echo Of A Silent Cheer - Part 1 (10/16/1963) The Echo Of A Silent Cheer - Part 2 (10/2

3/1963) Little Drops Of Water, Little Grains Of Sand (10/30/1963) Light Up The Dark Corners (11/6/1963) Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast (11/13/1963) Fire In A Sacred Fruit Tree (11/20/1963) Dispel The Black Cyclone That Shakes The Throne (11/27/1963) My Love, My Love (12/4/1963) From Too Much Love Of Living (12/11/1963) It Is Getting Dark ...

And We Are Lost (12/18/1963) The Last Splintered Spoke On The Old Burlesque Wheel (12/25/1963) The Light That Loses, The Night That Wins (1/1/1964) I'll Get On My Icefloe And Wave Goodbye (1/8/1964) The Only Place Where They Know My Name (1/15/1964) There Once Was A Man In The Land Of Uz (1/22/1964) One Nation Indivisible (1/29/1964) Goodbye To Blue Elephants And Such (2/5/1964) The Bark Of A Three-Headed Hound (2/12/1964) The Sound Of One Hand Clapping (2/19/1964) A Falcon's Eye, A Lion's Heart, And A Girl's Hand (2/26/1964) The Lonely Ones (3/4/1964) Keep Out Of Reach Of Adults (3/11/1964) Dress My

 Doll Pretty (3/18/1964) Onions And Mustard Seed Will Make Her Weep (3/25/1964) Make Me The First American (4/1/1964) Heap Logs And Let The Blaze Laugh Out (4/8/1964) For Just A Man Falleth Seven Times (4/15/1964) Evidence Of Things Not Seen (4/22/1964) Season 4 August Is The Month Before Christmas (9/14/1964) A Bird In The Solitude Singing (9/21/1964) But Who Shall Beat The Drums?

(9/28/1964) Autumn Without Red Leaves (10/5/1964) You Fish Or You Cut Bait (10/12/1964) For Jimmy, The Best Of Everything (10/19/1964) A Woods Full Of Question Marks (10/26/1964) A Thousand Words Are Mute (11/9/1964) Money, A Horse, And A Knowledge Of Latin (11/16/1964) A Disease Of The Heart Called Love (11/23/1964) Kill The Dream, But Spare The Dreamer (11/30/1964) Courage At 3 A.M. (12/7/1964) This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World (12/14/1964) A Boy Is Standing Outside The Door (1/4/1965) Where Does The Boomerang Go?

(1/11/1965) Pas De Deux (1/18/1965) Every Other Minute, It's The End Of The World (1/25/1965) A Rambling Discourse On Egyptian Water Clocks (2/1/1965) When I Am Grown To Man's Estate (2/8/1965) A Man, A Maid, And A Marionette (2/22/1965) A Dipperful Of Water From A Poisoned Well (3/1/1965) A Little Fun To Match The Sorrow (3/8/1965) Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw (3/15/1965) Eulogy In Four Flats (3/22/1965) Three Li'l Lambs (3/29/1965) A Slave Is On The Throne (4/12/1965) Journeys End In Lovers Meeting (4/19/1965) The Day They Stole County General (4/26/1965) Did

 Your Mother Come From Ireland, Ben Casey?

(5/3/1965) From Sutter's Crick...and Beyond Farewell (5/10/1965) A Horse Named Stravinsky (5/17/1965) Season 5 O' The Big Wheel Turns By Faith (9/20/1965) A Nightingale Named Nathan (9/27/1965) Run For Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here (10/4/1965) Because Of The Needle, The Haystack Was Lost (10/11/1965) What To Her Is Plato? (10/18/1965) Francini? Who Is Francini?

(10/25/1965) Then I, And You, And All Of Us Fall Down (11/1/1965) No More, Cried The Rooster -- There Will Be Truth (11/8/1965) The Importance Of Being 65937 (11/15/1965) When Givers Prove Unkind (11/22/1965) The Man From Quasilia (11/29/1965) Why Did The Day Go Backwards? (12/6/1965) If You Really Want To Know What Goes on In A Hospital...

(12/20/1965) If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be A Loser (12/27/1965) In Case Of Emergency, Cry Havoc (1/3/1966) Meantime, We Shall Express Our Darker Purpose (1/10/1966) For San Diego, You Need A Different Bus (1/17/1966) Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols Of Pain (1/24/1966) Fun And Games And Other Tragic Things (1/31/1966) Weave Nets To Catch The Wind (2/7/1966) Lullaby For A Wind-Up Toy (2/14/1966) Where Did All The Roses Go?

(2/21/1966) Twenty Six Ways To Spell Heartbreak, A,B,C,D,E,F (2/28/1966) Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of Truth (3/12/1966) Then, Suddenly, Panic (3/21/1966) JEANNE BATES as Nurse Wills in BEN CASEY a tribute - YouTube JEANNE BATES as Nurse Wills in BEN CASEY a tribute Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jul 8, 2009 "Man . . . woman . . . birth . . . death . . . infinity." So began this iconic series which captivated TV viewers from 1961 to 1964, which paved the way for St.

Elsewhere and all other hospital dramas yet to come, and so begins this brief clip which pays tribute to Jeanne Bates, the veteran actress who, as Nurse Wills, stood staunchly beside the title character [played by Vince Edwards] of ABCs "Ben Casey" for 153 episodes, defending him in his weekly fights against the medical establishment, under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba [Sam Jaffee], accompanied by the familiar, throbbing beat of Leigh Harlines theme music. This montage, which includes scenes from one of Jeannes favorite episodes, the two-part "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" [which won acclaimed Broadway and film star Kim Stanley a well-deserved 1961 Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in A Leading Role] was created by her longtime friend, Tony Award-nominated actor, writer, director and producer Walter Willison, as part of a video retrospective, first show at her Memorial Tribute in February, 2008. Ms. Bates was one of the few actors who could boast a career in radio, films, television and the theatre that spanned nearly eight decades.

Born May 21, 1918, in Berkeley, she began appearing on radio soap operas in San Francisco while attending San Mateo Junior College, played the lead [and supplied the signature scream] on the mystery series "Whodunit?." She married the program's writer, Lew X. Lansworth, in 1943, two years after the show moved to Hollywood. Under contract to Columbia Pictures, Bates made her film debut starring in the 1943 Boston Blackie mystery "The Chance of a Lifetime", starring Chester Morris and was the heroine in the 1943 serial "The Phantom", starring Tom Tyler.

A favorite of Harry Cohn and Columbia casting director Mac Arno, during the 40s she starred in twenty-two films, including Bela Lugosi's "The Return of the Vampire," "Sundown Valley" opposite Charles Starrett, "Soul of a Monster," "The Racket Man," "Shadows in the Night," opposite Larry Parks in "Sergeant Mike" and "The Black Parachute" and was personally chosen by Eric Von Stroheim as his leading lady in the suspense classic "The Mask of Dijon." In 1951, Ms.

Bates returned to radio to star as Barbara in the popular soap opera "One Man's Family." She continued to appear in such films as Arthur Millers "Death of a Salesman," "Sabaka" starring Boris Karloff, "Tension at Table Rock," "Back From The Dead," "Blood Arrow," "Vice Raid" with Mamie Van Doren, "The Strangler" starring Victor Buono, as Brian Keiths wife in "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?," Disney s "Gus," and costarred with Joel McCrae and Barbara Stanwyck in "Trooper Hook." In addition to "Ben Casey," her list of over 200 TV appearances from 1950 to 2002, includes "Perry Mason," "Gunsmoke," "Lassie," "Bonanza," "Barnaby Jones," Mayberry R.F.D.," "Wings," "That 70s Show," and as Ellis Hollis in the classic "It's A Good Life" episode of "The Twilight Zone." During the 70s she returned to her soap opera roots to appear as Anne Peters on NBCs "Days of Our Lives" for

 five years, Edith Mills on "The Young and the Restless" for three years, and the recurring role of Mrs.

Dodd on "General Hospital." A student of Less Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Daniel Mann and Morris Carnovskey, she made her Broadway debut in 1982 as Mrs. Bixby in "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" starring Debby Boone and David Carroll, after touring nationally. A longtime member of Theatre West, in Los Angeles, where she appeared in numerous plays, her extensive regional appearances include Fraulien Schneider in "Cabaret," Mrs. Pearce in "My Fair Lady" starring Susan Watson, Russell Nype and Walter Willison, Sue in "No, No, Nannette" costarring with her High School friend Russell Arms, Karen in "Applause" with Nannette Fabray, Ellie in "Father of the Bride," Irene in "Idiots Delight," Eleanor in "Desperate Hours," and Mrs. Strakosh in the Las Vegas company of "Funny Girl" starring Mimi Hines and Phil Ford, to name just a few. Ms. Bates died of breast cancer at the age of 89 on Wednesday, November 28, at the Motion Picture & Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills.

Her husband, director, writer and novelist Lew X. Lansworth, author of the acclaimed "Over The River, Charlie," passed away in 1981. Her later screen appearances include the title role in "Mom," yet another cult horror favorite, and featured roles in "Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4," "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" [as the scene stealing Old Lady with the stun gun], "Wild Orchid II: The Shades of Blue," "Dream Lover," "Grand Canyon," and her final film, with her favorite director, David Lynch, as the Older Lady who arrives with Naomi Watts at LAX, in his Oscar nominated classic "Mullholland Dr." Category Dr. Kildare (TV Series 1961–1966) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The dramatic relationship between a young medical intern and his surgeon mentor.

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Kildare (1961–1966) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 9 nominations. See more awards » Photos Gritty realistic hospital drama featuring manly Dr. Casey against the medical establishment, at first under the watchful eye of Dr. Zorba and later under the thumb of Chief of Surgery Dr. Freeland. Stars: Vince Edwards, Sam Jaffe, Jeanne Bates The adventures of two young drifters across America. Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Glenn Corbett The show is about doctors Marcus Welby, a general practitioner and Steven Kiley, Welby's young assistant. The two try to treat people as individuals in an age of specialized medicine and ... See full summary » Stars: Robert Young, James Brolin, Elena Verdugo The Thorn Birds (TV Mini-Series 1983) Drama This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch.

The story centers on their daughter, Meggie,... See full summary » Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Christopher Plummer The cases of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer. Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville. Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Linda Henning, Bea Benaderet Mannix worked originally for Wickersham at Intertect and then struck out on his own, assisted by Peggy Fair (whose cop-husband had been killed) and police department contact Tobias. Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan. Director: Jerry London Mike Nelson is a Scuba Diver in the days when it was still very new. He works alone and the plot was always mostly carried through his voice over narrations. These gave the show a flavor of...

See full summary » Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Ken Drake, Courtney Brown Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco. Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell The Wild West adventures of the residents and staff of Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley. Stars: Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors Edit Storyline The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine. Written by Anonymous 28 September 1961 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Over 30 actors auditioned for the lead role with William Shatner the eventual winner, though he then declined it. James Franciscus was also offered the role but had committed himself to another (eventually unmade) series at the time. See more » Connections (N Syracuse NY) – See all my reviews Ben Casey and Dr.

Kildare were exact contemporaries, both doctor shows that began and ended in the same season and were the most talked about shows on TV when they debuted in 1961. People were always making comparisons between them and here is mine. One difference is that Casey was a resident, a full fledged doctor on staff at a hospital and a very prominent neurosurgeon. Kildare was an intern, a beginning doctor still learning the profession. If Kildare had been at the same hospital as Casey, Ben would have been bossing him around and making his life miserable. A bigger difference was what they represented. Kildare was a symbol of the early 1960's. We were a very proud and optimistic country at that time. We'd survived the depression, won the war, had the communists on the defensive and were beginning to explore space. Social changes were taking place as well. if we were going to be the Greatest Country in the World, how could we have poverty and injustice? We tended to look at our government and institutions as benevolent servants of the people. There were several shows from this period, (Naked City, The Defenders, Mr.

Novak were others), where handsome young idealistic novices entered a profession to be guided by their wise, patient but firm elders in becoming instruments of the system. The big challenge was getting people to trust the system by not committing crimes, studying hard and taking their pills. And of course, it's hard to look at the young men in these shows, (Richard Chamberlain, James Franciscus, Paul Burke, Robert Reed), and not see our youthful, idealistic president of the time, John Kennedy. Casey was a precursor of the late 1960's. To him, the system was a monolith that existed for its own purposes and on its own momentum. You had to wrestle with it and with the mediocrity around you to get things done. Casey had a mentor as well, but Dr. Zorba often appeared to be more of a matador than a mentor, trying to tame Ben Casey, as he always called him, with a red cape and a sharp needle to puncture his ego from time to time. I'd rather wake up from surgery and see Dr. Kildare's smiling face. But I'd be more likely to survive if it was Ben Casey who had done the surgery.

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Question: Who played Doctor Ben Casey on T.V.?
Answer: VINCE EDWARDS